Important questions about TABOR and their answers, part one

James Redmond [email protected] Colorado’s unique tax law — the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR — will likely become a point of conversation and contention during much of 2016 in both the legislative session and ....

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Economic Freedom of North America 2015

Here is the newly released Fraser Institute study (attached) titled Economic Freedom of North America 2015. In the event that you can't open the attachment, you can find the report here: http://www.freetheworld.com/2015/efna/economic-freedom-of-north-america-2015-us-edition.pdf. It examines the freedom rankings by ....

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Colorado Schools To Get Unexpected $159M Funding Boost

The Colorado State Capitol. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) Lawmakers will have difficult decisions to make on school funding issues when they tackle the budget this coming legislative session.Members of the Joint Budget Committee on Monday ....

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Littleton school superintendent kicks off state-wide campaign to fight TABOR

Although the election may have ended a month ago, at least one Colorado school district superintendent hasn’t stopped campaigning. Littleton Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent Brian Ewert sent out a newsletter Wednesday that drew ire from ....

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Prominent Denver business groups urge legislators to tweak hospital provider fee, fund roads

Colorado business groups are ramping up the debate over the state’s hospital provider fee, warning that if lawmakers don't change how the state accounts for the money the fee generates, they'll “almost certainly force” a ....

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